IMMUNOCHARACTERISTICS OF OESTROGEN AND ANDROGEN TARGET CELLS IN THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND OF THE CHICK EMBRYO AS DEMONSTRATED BY A COMBINED METHOD OF AUTORADIOGRAPHY AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY

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J.-M. GASC
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The distribution of oestrogen and androgen target cells in the anterior pituitary gland of the chick embryo on days 10, 12 and 15 of incubation was studied 1 h after the injection of tritium-labelled steroid hormone using the thaw–mount autoradiographic technique. Oestradiol target cells were localized in the caudal zone that corresponds to the so-called 'caudal lobe', while androgen target cells were found throughout the rostral and caudal lobes of the anterior pituitary gland. With a combined autoradiography and immunohistochemistry technique, most of the oestrogen target cells showed immunoreactivity to turkey LH antiserum but not to adrenocorticotrophin (1–24) and β-thyrotrophin antisera. In contrast, androgen target cells did not show positive immunoreactivity to the three antisera used. The results suggested a direct and early involvement of oestrogens but not of androgens in the feedback regulation of pituitary gonadotrophin secretion in the chick embryo.

 

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